Floor and wall screed-anchor.



A. T. GIBSON.

FLOOR AND WALL SCR EED ANCHOR. APPLICATION FILED SEPT- x2. 1912.

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FLOOR AND WALL SCREED-ANOHOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentrgdl J 111mg 25, 191%.

Application filed September 12, 1917. SeriaLNo. 190,949.

To all whom it may. concern Be it knownthat I, ALBERT T. GIBSON, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of'Chicago,county of Cook, and State of;Illinois,jhave invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Floor and "Wall Screed-Anchors, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has reference to an an choring means for firmly securingto walls, floors or other parts of buildings, a screed or ground strip,which, when secured in position, will securely support wall trims orother parts of the building. The object of this invention, broadly, isto provide a simple, inexpensive and durable device of this character,especially adaptable in building construction, and which will firmly andsecurely hold a screed or ground strip in position.

The invention consists in the novel construction herein described andclaimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing forming part hereof:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved fioor and wall screedanchor;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the same.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a portion of a wall, showing a screed orground strip supported thereon by my improved device;

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of a wall with thedevice in position, and

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view of a modified manner of anchoring ascreed or ground strip.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar referencecharacters designate similar parts.

Hereafter, in describing my improved, floor and wall screed anchor, Ishall refer to the same as applied to a wall. It will be obvious,however, that the same is applicable to walls, floors, ceilings and manyparts of buildings for various uses, so I do not limit my invention toany particular use in conjunction with building construction.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, as illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, 1 indicates a fiat plate, preferably of metal. Ihave shown the plate as being substantially square in outline, althoughit is clearly obvious that the same maybe of any desiredconfigurationtosuit the .necessary or desired requirements of any particular case.

The ,plate 1 is preferably provided adja cent its upper and lower edges,withaplurality of apertures 2, for a purpose to be vertically betweenthe rows of apertures when the device is in use, this groove beingformed by slitting the plate and forcing the metal between the spacedapart slits outwardly, as indicated in the drawings.

In Figs. 1 and 5 I have shown the device in use. In those views, 8indicates a wall or support, to which is applied, at suitable distancesapart, spots 6 of an adhesive or plastic substance such as plaster ofParis or the like. The plates 1 are pressed into these spots andproperly alined therein while the adhesive is in its soft condition. Itwill be noted that portions of the adhesive 6 pass through the apertures2 in the plate and spread on the outer face of the plate. After theadhesive has hardened these plates 1 are thus firmly and securelyaffixed to the wall. The continuous screed or ground strip 4;, which isof wood or any penetrable material, is then secured to the plates bymeans of the wire 5 on each plate. This wire 5 passes through the slitsin the plate and around the back of the plate through the channel 3 andis wrapped and secured e11- tirely about the strip 4:, as clearlyindicated. By wiring the strip in position, in the manner indicated,shims can, when necessary or desirable, be driven between the strip andthe wall, thus bringing the face of the strip flush to what will be thetrue surface of the wall. After the strip 4 has been secured in place,in the manner above described, it is surrounded by the plaster 7 in theusual manner, leaving the front face uncovered. It will be understoodthat in lieu of the continuous screed or ground strip, an independentblock may be attached to each plate if desired.

In the modification of my invention, as illustrated in Fig. 5, I haveshown the/wire 5 with its ends secured to nails 9 fixed in the sides ofthe strip 4. In this modification I have shown the strip 4 secured tothe plate 1 by means of a nail 10 which acts as a securing means inaddition to the Wire 5. There are many-ways of securing the Wire 5 tothe plate and of Wiring the strip L to the plate 1, so I do not restrictmy invention to any particular form of carrying this out.

From the foregoing, it is obvious that my invention is' not to berestricted to the exact embodiment herein shown, but is broad enough tocover all structures coming Within the scope of the annexed claims.

1. 'A' device of the class described, comprising a'rplate, said platehaving a plurality of'apertures adapted to receive an adhesive, saidplate also having a pair of spaced apart slots" connected by a channel,and a Wire passing throughsa'id slots and in said channel and secured toa ground strip to hold said ground strip connected to said plate.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a flat plate having apair of spaced apart slots, a channel formed in said plate andprojecting from its outer face and connecting said slots, means on saidplate adapted to be engaged by an adhesive to support said plate, aground strip on the outer side of said plate and a wire secured to saidstrip and extending through the slots and longitudinally through thechannel in said plate.

"Signed at the city of Chicago, county of Cook andState of 111., this4th day of Sept,

' ALBERT T. GIBSON.

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